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Spanish
Etymology
From New Latin Onchocerca (a genus of parasitic worms) + -osis, from Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “barb”) + κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /onkoθeɾˈkosis/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /onkoseɾˈkosis/
- Rhymes: -osis
- Syllabification: on‧co‧cer‧co‧sis
Noun
oncocercosis f (plural oncocercosis)
- (pathology) onchocerciasis
2015 October 21, “Opinión”, in El País:Desde los años ochenta, la ivermectina está disponible para el tratamiento de la oncocercosis y la filariasis linfática en áreas endémicas a través de donaciones de la industria farmacéutica Merck, pero no está comercializada o es muy cara en la mayoría de países para el tratamiento de las otras enfermedades parasitarias.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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